Happieee New Year! :)

Here's wishing all of you a very happie & a prosperous 2008! :D


Cheerz to many many more great years to come :)

Best Wishes,
Gagan

Lamhe.. Moments..

The biggest motivation that has got me to the place I am.. pursuing what I am.. doing what I am.. studying what I am.. is not my interest or inclination towards my specialization, but it is the fact that I get to be a student, yet again, after being a part of the corporate world for those 365 days of my life (it wasn't a leap year), which I'm never gonna get back.

The irony - I don't regret a single day!

Now when I look back, its not just the routine mundane work with a blend of challenges - meeting the deadlines, trying and coming up with new innovative workarounds for work that has already been done, marketing yourself that I see, but also the moments I spent with my friends, roomies and colleagues.

The times were beautiful.. We were getting to know ourselves - what to expect, how to behave, what to answer, how to talk, what all to say, how much to demand, how to refuse, be satisfied... The most significant two things being - receiving orders and ordering others. We were expanding our horizons - intellectually, socially & emotionally.

For a few people I know - work was life. Work demanded odd hours, wasted weekends, skipping lunch or breakfast, spending a handful of sleepless nights, skipping episodes of your favorite tv series, missing out on the traditional celebration of a few holidays you had cared for, not being able to make it for coffee shop hangouts, missing out on a friend's wedding and not to mention - canceling at least one trip back home, for you had some extra emails to read that week and an extra workload to get rid of.

Do you agree to this..? Oh yes, of course you all do.
Why am I so confident..? Because I was one of them!

Did we even dare ask ourselves - where were we heading?
Oh yes! We were becoming more Responsible & Mature.

But at what cost?
We were spending our invaluable asset - time!

Won't deny that it was because of work that we were there and it was the main thing to do, but not the ONLY thing. It was very important to realize the latter part of the sentence and that too in its correct sense. I consider myself really fortunate, firstly, to have realized it and secondly, to have like-minded friends there. And so it was the beginning of a new chapter.. not only the summary of which but also the most detailed moments are embossed in my memories for-ever..

Coming over to Tech marked the end to a beautiful era and beginning of a new phase.. the phase I was longing to get back to.. where I'll get to be a Student once again in my life! ;) I know its not gonna last long this time (not even as long as the 4 most significant revolutions around The Sun, during my college days) but I've had a great experience so far. Again, I owe a thanks to all the lovely people who are here with me.. who - help, talk, hang out, make fun, play, advise and enjoy with me :)

I've started weaving the net.. just want ur help to make it the best experience of my lifetime.

...and here's a dedication to all, which will stand true always..

Yeh lamhe, yeh pal hum.. Barson yaad karenge..
Yeh mausam chale gaye to.. Hum fariyaad karenge!

-Gagan

Merry Christmas! :)

Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas! :D

I sincerely hope the festive season brings love, joy & happiness in your lives! :)

Best Wishes,
Gagan

Fursat.. Idleness.. Loneliness.. Tanhayi..

Just a superficial similarity with the previous post, 'Kuch bhi nahi..' in terms of nothing at all 'to do' - Being Idle..

Idleness has a whole new definition for me these days.. not only owing to my staying at such a place where people have left long ago to be with their families & loved ones for the lovely holidays and beautiful Christmas season, but also because I won't be there - near mine. Nothing could be more appropriate to express this than the first two lines of the magnificent ghazal,

Tere baarey mein jab socha nahi tha,
Main tanha tha magar, itna nahin tha..

I won't deny the fact that I'm sad, but at the same time I'm not vulnerable, possibly because I was prepared for it. Although this is not the first time, but it is considerably different this time.

Loneliness (Tanhayi) has always been associated with gloominess & blue-ness. You might think there's hardly anything cheerful about it. Believe me, even I had the same misconception.. until the last week happened. Each day was attributed to dreaming and the nights were sleepless! (the latter part being always true for me, but for an unusual reason this time)
Again, can very well be expressed by this B.E.A.utiful song from the movie Zindaggi Rocks. Let me walk you through it..

Ek din fursat ne, thaame haath humare,
Le gayi uss dagar pe, jahan rehti hain baharein..

Chal diye hum bhi ghar se, hoke kuch befikar se,
Dil tha apne bharose, hum the dil ke sahare..

Untill here things are just perfect! :)
You dance, you skip..
You Fly, you Float..
You glide and you drift..

Then,
Raah mein mod aaya, raushani ho gayi kam,
Kuch dil ghabraya, ke kahan aa gaye hum..

Aage uss mod ke bhi, toh bahare nahi thi,
Bhooli kuch kwaishein aur, khwab the bas humare..

Believe me, this is when things really start to change..
You get Scared, you get Restless..
You get Disturbed, you get Surprised..
You get Anxious and you get Nervous..

Afterwards,
Bewajah lag rahi thi, jab talaash humari,
Ek khushbo uthi aur, rut badal gayi saari..

Saamne tum khade the, failaake baahein,
Jaise har dard mera, khud mein roke samaaye..

Pal bada mukhtasar tha, tere seene pe sar tha,
Yun laga mar na jaayein, itni khushiyon ke maare..

If you reach here.. you've won. This is where you cannot exercise any control and your feelings & emotional true self gets better of you! Everyone wants to end up this way, someday..

..and I stay here alone, waiting for my someday to arrive sooner!

Kuch bhi nahi.. :)

Socha nahi achha-bura, Dekha-suna kuch bhi nahi..
Maanga khuda se raat din, Tere siwa.. kuch bhi nahi!

Socha tujhe, Dekha tujhe, Chaha tujhe, Puja tujhe..
Meri khata - meri wafa, Teri khata.. kuch bhi nahi!

Jis par humari aankhon ne, Moti bichhaye raat bhar..
Bheja wohi kagaz use, Humne likha.. kuch bhi nahi!

Shaam ki dehleez par, Baithe rahe woh der tak..
Aankhon se ki baantein bahut, Munh se kaha.. kuch bhi nahi!

-Basheer Badr

The latest sensation (at least for me).. Hadn't really heard about Dr. Basheer Badr until recently when one of my friends recited his ghazal.. and that time all I could say was:

Jahaan luta doon tere andaaz par, Teri ghazal par, teri aawaz par..
Par dene ke liye mere paas, 'Wah wah' ke siwa.. kuch bhi nahi!

- Gagan

Howztat? ;)

A visit to the Georgia Aquarium..

yes.. I took these videos.. :P

The gentle whale shark.. biggest fish in town ;)

Beluga Whale (still looking for a nice background score for this)

wats with the math?

ok.. don't take me to be a nerd.. but somehow I'm enjoying the math & techie jokes a lot these days!! I guess its all because of 'The Big Bang Theory' This show is mad.. an absolute entertainer.. ;)







here are a few more..

Rotational Transformation

and check this one out.. totally relates to me :P lol...


;)

user policy

Ever wondered importance of user policies in operating systems..


Wind*ws has realized this late.. and talking about Wind*ws, hear this:

Use Wind*ws & Reboot.. or use Linux & BeRoot! :)

3 cheers for open source! hurraaayyy!

life's math

wanna work out some math for the life's pain?
:) laugh out and enjoy every experience!

..TagAlong

here's the title page of one of my projects - ..TagAlong
hows it? lol...

wats random?

Isn't this random?


jokes apart.. I mean random is something that cannot be predicted. But you could also see random as something whose outcome could be anything! yeah.. anything! and its perfectly acceptable that a series - of the same number repeating, is Random...!
wat say? ;)

meeting people..

Even I'm not good at meeting people..

Boondein..

Sometimes a song just gets stuck in your head and you can't help it.. that's exactly what happened, but was not very much frustrating 'cause this is one of my favorites :D

important..

lemme start with a message..

Life is short! Really short..
Are u in love..? Express it!
Do u want to travel..? Go!
Don't like your job..? Quit!
Wanna go belly dancing..? Shake it! ;)